These resources are offered as opportunities to explore your mindfulness practice. The Center for Healthy Minds does not have any formal relationship with these organizations or resources, and we encourage you to contact them directly for further information.
Meditate with other people, attend a sitting group or form your own, join a class
Talk to Carmen about ideas for attending mindfulness retreats, classes, and regular community sitting groups. Consider movement classes such as yoga, tai chi, qi gong or martial arts.
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week class offered in Madison, WI by the UW Health Mindfulness Program. Adult, teen, middle school, and BIPOC courses are available in both in-person and online formats throughout the year. They also offer online drop-in sessions.
- East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, CA offers a welcoming environment for people of color, LGBTQI individuals, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities. Many online classes and retreats on a pay-what-you-can basis.
Guided meditation practices
Audio meditation practices led by Carmen Alonso
Audio meditation practice led by Chad McGehee (UW Athletics Head Meditation Trainer and CHM affiliate)
5-Minute Breath Awareness Practice
The R.E.S.T. Practice by Rashid Hughes: Free 12-minute guided audio meditation
UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness: Free guided audio and video meditation practices
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center: Free guided meditations
Mindfulness apps
Healthy Minds Program: Free app grounded in research on well-being developed at the Center for Healthy Minds
UCLA Mindful App: Free app with basic meditation practices in 14 languages and additional content
Insight Timer: Free and premium recorded practices from hundreds of teachers;
free and easy-to-use timer with customizable bell sounds
Headspace: Popular app (subscription required) with hundreds of meditation practices for all different purposes
Books
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
Mindfulness for Beginners by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda Magee
Peace is Every Step and You Are Here by Thich Nhat Hanh
This Here Flesh and Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valerie Kaur
Social
Rashid Hughes (R.E.S.T. practice) @justbeandbreathe
Black Liturgies (Cole Arthur Riley) @blackliturgies
Lama Rod Owens @lamarodofficial
Other internet resources
Center for Healthy Minds
Just Mindfulness (Carmen Alonso)
BIPOC Mindfulness Resource Guide by the Education Justice Project 